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+1 for Colombia, here now. Bring your raingear!
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If it were me, I would go to Cuzco Peru. Lots of interesting stuff within a day or 2 ride, and several places that rent Hondas (Tornado/XR250 and Falcon/NX400) there. I was there in November and it rained quite a lot. Would be worth checking weather for the time ofyear for your trip.
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off topic momentarily
hey mr Ron
am in Rionegro meself, near medellin, finishing up my trip - u near or around for a  ? - give us a shout if so - am planning to continue from here later next year -
suerte
on topic ...
10 days in South America ?- my favorite was northwest argentina - hire a bike in mendoza or Salta and head for the Andes - if you want remote -remote, 20 different types of dirtroad in a day and fantastic people to boot (not literally) - Argentina is the place. I have fotos here at Flickr: Photos from f.ward - scroll around for fotos marked argentina if you want to get a sense of the roads that await you here
+ 2 for colombia too - this is the best country - easy to find dirt and mud too - people amazing. Impossible to rent motos in medellin i found and expensive - bogota better i presume
also lake titticaca peru/boliva border - town called puno - I hired xr250 for a couple of days - dead cheap and great dirt roads -
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Quote:
Originally Posted by AndyT
If it were me, I would go to Cuzco Peru. Lots of interesting stuff within a day or 2 ride
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That's why I posed the question - going to ride, or to see stuff? If its to see stuff, then I agree, Cusco is the place. Its also good for riding - if you are doing dirt. (again, I assumed bigmont was looking to do mainly paved roads, which are limited in that area).
And I mentioned Colombia, because its closer to fly to from the US than Argentina. I assumed bigmonts is from the US.
Bigmonts: we're doing alot of speculation here? What's the story? What kind of riding do you want to do? What kind of vacation is it? Where are you coming from?
Inquiring minds want to know!
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